16 agosto 2017

Thinking / Pensando: Cliffhangers?

Hello guys, how are you?

I’ve spoken a couple of times
about cliffhangers, but hadn’t had the chance to tell exactly what are they
about. With more free time and less readings on my back, I prefer to do it now
before things get upside down once again (you never know.)

Cliffhanger comes to mean just
the same for books as what the word suggests: an ending that leaves many open
doors, abrupt, sudden, where the characters are left in the middle of a decisive scene or action for the plot.

The difference between open ends,
like in Nina Blazon's Faunblut, is that, despite the story is definitely closed, there could
be some loose threads, something valid for every kind of book, while
cliffhangers need a sequel, it’s a must, and work better for sagas or book
series.

The best examples I have about
this type of finale are the ones used by Andrea Cremer in her Nightshade series.
The books finish suddenly, in a rush, without explaining many things about the ending
and need a next book, there’s no “but” that counts.

It doesn’t bother me while
reading, I can enjoy them, the fact that I love Cremer’s book is proof of that,
but to write and use a cliffhanger… I don’t know if I could do it, I prefer to
do a somwhat open final, but you never know what will happen in the future.

And you? Do you have any other
cliffhanger example? Do you love them? Hate them? Let me know in the comments
down below. ^^